Ars Poetica
麦克利什，1892-1982，美国诗人, 曾三次获“普利策”奖。这首诗写于1925年, 是对“意像主义”诗观的描述。
Ars PoeticaBy Archibald MacLeish
A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit,
Dumb As old medallions to the thumb,
Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown —
A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds.
A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs,
Leaving, as the moon releases Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,
Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves, Memory by memory the mind —
A poem should be motionless in time As the moon climbs.
A poem should be equal to: Not true.
For all the history of grief An empty doorway and a maple leaf.
For love The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea —
A poem should not mean But be.
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